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Found out about this release from Border Models this morning of a fictional Japanese Tiger I
https://www.hlj.com/1-35-scale-japanese-army-tiger-i-heavy-tank-bdmbt023
Very interesting and fun,I have been enjoying a Border Panzer IV J
Here's a link to help 'ya........
https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/general-news/the-japanese-tiger/
I should note this model does represent a Mid Production Tiger which the Japanese did not buy they bought an early production version.
I am surprised on other forums there has been a negative reaction to the kit for some odd reason.
It's 2023 - a few seconds with a smartphone and Google Translate yielded this : Burmese Tiger by Hiroshi Umemoto. The 88mm cannon of the strongest heavy tank, the Tiger, bursts into British tanks!
GreySnake I should note this model does represent a Mid Production Tiger which the Japanese did not buy they bought an early production version. I am surprised on other forums there has been a negative reaction to the kit for some odd reason.
Probably the same old "not another Tiger" crowd, "we need an some obscure one off"that won't make money for a company.
Tojo72 GreySnake I should note this model does represent a Mid Production Tiger which the Japanese did not buy they bought an early production version. I am surprised on other forums there has been a negative reaction to the kit for some odd reason. Probably the same old "not another Tiger" crowd, "we need an some obscure one off"that won't make money for a company.
Seemed to be becsuse it's a fantasy version of the Tiger. Which I find amusing because it's no different then paper panzers, Luft 46 etc.
Hyperscale & Missing Lynx are toxic waste pits - if you're a FOB (Friend of Brett Green), you can be total a** to other people on the forums there. Anyone else who is not, look out, because they'll be gunning for you...
I'm so tempted to pick one up.
Even without the extras just painting her in IJA camo instead of German would make her stand out from the crowd.
Thanks for the head's up Greysnake!
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
It's thought of as a "what if", hypothetical version. Even if the Japanese were able to get the Tiger to Japan and pressed it into battle, they did not have the logistical infrastructure to support the tank. And one tank that's too heavy to maneuver onto ships and maneuver on a tropical island once it's landed (can they even get it ashore?) is rather useless and a waste of resources.
Even the Japanese home grown "heavy" tank that wasn't even fully developed by the end of WW2 was outclassed by the early versions of the Sherman.
It's a fun story and an interesting version of the Tiger that's not like other Tigers.
Hypothetically if Japan somehow got the Tiger the only place it could be of use would be Manchuria maybe.
i can't imagine trying to get it ashore on an island without a dedicated harbor and cranes.
GreySnake Hypothetically if Japan somehow got the Tiger the only place it could be of use would be Manchuria maybe. i can't imagine trying to get it ashore on an island without a dedicated harbor and cranes.
Perhaps on Luzon,but as in Europe,not enough numbers to change the outcome
Tojo72 Perhaps on Luzon,but as in Europe,not enough numbers to change the outcome
The Tiger was also not mechanically sound enough to travel on its own for any great distances and had to be transported by rail or by heavy halftrack hauler.
Logistics is always the great equalizer. You may have the greatest tank on the battlefield but if it's stuck at your home country, it's only good for home defense.
Much like many of these massive hostile armies throughout the world. Great for home defense or against neighboring countries, but useless against the world without global power projection (the ability to get your forces to another continent unmolested).
It's like those scenes from WW2 movies when German officers are discussing how private soldiers have unspoiled baked cakes from the US when they are captured in France. They know the war is lost when they can't get ammo or fuel from Germany to France, but the US can get baked goods from the US to France and have it still be good.
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